extirpation

/ĕk′stər-pā′shən/

灭亡,灭绝,消灭,灭顶之灾

Definitions

n.名词 noun

nounextermination

Synonyms

It was a contest for extirpation, and ere it ended the flower of the English and the chivalry of the Indians were laid low.
Hundreds of the ablest judges were selected for the extirpation of this crime.
They may be operated on by means of incision or extirpation.
Margaret herself had been purposely kept in ignorance of the plan for the extirpation of the Protestants.
What prolific sources of disease are not those mineral and vegetable poisons, that have been introduced for its extirpation!